NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

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ABIORV T
53Answers
2Pangrams
245Maximum
172Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A9
B5
I1
O4
R11
T21
V2

Words by length

417
519
67
76
82
91
101

Two-letter starts

AB2
AI1
AO1
AR1
AT2
AV2
BA1
BI1
BO2
BR1
IO1
OB1
OR3
RA4
RI2
RO5
TA7
TI2
TO6
TR6
VI2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

V … O

Letter pattern

V•••••O

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

vibrato

Pangram 2
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

V … R

Letter pattern

V••••••R

R × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

vibrator

Complete answer list

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A 9

  • abbot
  • abort
  • airboat
  • aorta
  • arbitrator
  • atria
  • attar
  • avatar
  • aviator

B 5

  • bait
  • biota
  • boat
  • boot
  • brat

I 1

  • iota

O 4

  • obit
  • orator
  • oratorio
  • orbit

R 11

  • rabbit
  • raita
  • ratatat
  • ratio
  • ribbit
  • riot
  • robot
  • root
  • rotator
  • roti
  • rotor

T 21

  • taboo
  • tabor
  • taro
  • tarot
  • tart
  • tartar
  • tattoo
  • tiara
  • tibia
  • toot
  • tori
  • torii
  • toro
  • tort
  • torta
  • trait
  • traitor
  • trattoria
  • trio
  • trivia
  • trot

V 2

  • vibratoPangram
  • vibratorPangram

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 26/100, compared with 6 available puzzles through this date.

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